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During his lifetime, Ray was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Rebel Without a Cause, twice for the Golden Lion, for Bigger Than Life (1956) and Bitter Victory (1957), and a Palme d'Or for The Savage Innocents (1960). Three of his films were ranked by Cahiers du Cinéma in their Annual Top 10 Lists.
Actor. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Play trailer 1:42. We Can't Go Home Again (1973) 1 Video. 11 Photos. Nicholas Ray was born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle in 1911, in small-town Galesville, Wisconsin, to Lena (Toppen) and Raymond Joseph Kienzle, a contractor and builder. He was of German and Norwegian descent.
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1. They Live by Night (1948) Passed | 95 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Romance. 7.4. Rate. 82 Metascore. An escaped convict injured during a robbery falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.
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- 'Rebel Without a Cause' Released: 1955. "I've got the bullets!" James Dean delivers a career-defining performance here as Jim Stark, a disillusioned teenager who struggles to find his place in the world.
- 'In a Lonely Place' Released: 1950. "I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me." Humphrey Bogart stars in this noir film as Dixon Steele, a troubled screenwriter with a penchant for violence and self-destructiveness.
- 'Johnny Guitar' Released: 1954. "A man can lie, steal... and even kill. But as long as he hangs on to his pride, he's still a man." This Western centers on Vienna (Joan Crawford), a strong-willed saloon owner who finds herself at odds with the local townsfolk and a ruthless cattle baron, Emma Small (Mercedes McCambridge).
- 'They Live by Night' Released: 1948. They Live By Night was Ray's directorial debut and he hit the ground running, serving up a poetic and existential noir film that pioneered several of the genre's tropes.
Jun 30, 2017 · In just eight years, he made seven of the best American films ever. By Chris O'Falt. June 30, 2017 11:01 am. "In a Lonely Place". Criterion Collection. With ’s first film, “They Live By Night ...
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Apr 3, 2024 · Nicholas Ray, American motion-picture writer and director whose reputation as one of the most expressive and distinctive filmmakers of the late 1940s and the ’50s is grounded on such stylish heartfelt movies as They Live by Night (1948), In a Lonely Place (1950), and, most notably, Rebel Without a Cause (1955).
1. They Live by Night (1949) An adaptation of the novel Thieves Like Us, first feature film of Ray, They Live by Night tells a story of a man, Bowie, who convicted of murder he did not commit. He escapes from prison with some other criminals. They plan to rob a bank since he needs the money to hire a lawyer.
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